Three people were apprehended in connection with a fatal stabbing in Crofton that forced three area schools on lockdown for a short time as police canvassed the area, authorities said.

Three people were apprehended in connection with a fatal stabbing in Crofton that forced three area schools on lockdown for a short time as police canvassed the area, authorities said.

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Updated: 5:48 PM EDT Sep 19, 2014

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WEBVTT REPORTING LIVE WITH SKY TEAM 11, I AM CAPTAIN ROY TAYLOR. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY STABBING IN A RURAL PART OF CROFTON. THEY SAY THEY HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN CUSTODY. LOWELL MELSER HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL DAY. HE JOINS US LIVE. POLICE SO FAR ARE NOT RELEASING MANY DETAILS IN THIS CASE. THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE TWO WOMEN AND A MAN IN CUSTODY. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THIS IS AFTER A MAN WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH ON A CROFTON FARM. I GOT A PHONE CALL AND HEARD SCREAMING AND I KNOW THE PHONE NUMBER. WE JUMPED IN THE CAR FROM BROOKLYN PARK AND I DROVE DOWN HERE. FOR JOHN MCNEMAR, IT WAS A FRIGHTENING PHONE CALL TO GET. ALL I COULD HEAR WAS -- I SAW THE PHONE NUMBER AND HEARD SCREAMING. THE PHONE HUNG UP AND WHEN I TRIED TO CALL BACK, I COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE BEACH GROVE FARM IN CROFTON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THERE WAS A MURDER INVESTIGATION GOING ON. HE TOLD 11 NEWS HE USED TO WORK ON THE PROPERTY AND SISTER STILL LIVE THERE. THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE. AT AROUND 9:40, POLICE GOT A 911 CALL ABOUT A STABBING THAT HAD HAPPENED ON THE PROPERTY. THEY FOUND A MALE WHO HAD BEEN STABBED TO DEATH. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THREE SUSPECTS, TWO WOMEN AND A MAN WHO HAD FLED. POLICE PUT THREE AREA SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN. WE HAD OFFICER STATIONED AT THOSE SCHOOLS WHERE OUR CHILDREN GO OUT OF ABUNDANT PRECAUTION. THERE WERE NO THREATS AT THE SCHOOLS IN REFERENCE TO THIS. POLICE ENDED UP DETAINING THE TWO WOMEN IN A VEHICLE NEAR I-97 AND THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER EXITING A WOODED AREA NEAR THE CRIME SCENE. A DOMESTIC-TYPE INCIDENT THAT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. THEY KNEW ONE ANOTHER AND IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE. POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A MOTIVE BUT ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED NEW EACH OTHER AND THE PUBLIC IS NOT IN DANGER. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED HERE WITH THE KNOWN PARTIES. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAMES OR AGES OF SUSPECT OR VICTIMS. POLICE JUST TOLD ME THAT THEY PLAN ON MAKING AN ARREST SOON IN THIS CASE. NO FURTHER DETAILS ON THAT. THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE

3 apprehended in fatal Crofton stabbing

Three people were apprehended in connection with a fatal stabbing in Crofton that forced three area schools on lockdown for a short time as police canvassed the area, authorities said.